“So this is where Sheldon Adelson’s money is going, Romney’s new campaign plane was spotted Thursday by a producer for CNN, who tweeted a picture of the aircraft. Sheldon gets a war with Iran and Mitt gets a serious campaign plane. Quite the dealmakers.”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/08/romneys-new-campaign-plane.html
“In current political discourse, it is common to think of the Democrats as the party of entitlements, but long-term trends seem to tell a somewhat different tale. From a purely statistical standpoint, the growth of entitlement spending over the past half-century has been distinctly greater under Republican administrations than Democratic ones. Between 1960 and 2010, the growth of entitlement spending was exponential, but in any given year, it was on the whole roughly 8% higher if the president happened to be a Republican rather than a Democrat.”
“Dozens of delegates for White House also-ran Ron Paul walked out of the Republican National convention for a second straight day, angered by rule changes they say squelch grass roots political rights. It was a rowdy end to Texas congressman Paul’s presidential bid, which fell short against rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who accepts the party’s nomination on Thursday. Paul was not given a speaking slot at the convention in Tampa, Florida.”
“Ben Swann Reality Check takes a look at how the most controversial rule change in party history was not legitimately passed.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKaXqoC4DjE
“Controversy erupted on the convention floor when a dispute broke out over whether to seat the delegates of presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. Part of Maine’s delegation stormed off the floor in protest of a decision to strip away half of Paul’s delegates. Supportive members of other delegations rose to their feet and hollered their objections, angered by new rules that they say they will make it harder for grassroots candidates to stand a chance in future elections. Democracy Now! producer Deena Guzder was on the scene and filed this report.”
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/29/chaos_on_the_convention_floor_as
“The tactics employed by the GOP establishment to isolate, intimidate, and ultimately to expel Ron Paul delegates were the natural product of the party’s totalitarian genetics. By using criminal means to impose a monolithic, top-down process in which an entrenched oligarchy can re-write the rules to suit its whims, the Republican Party was simply living down to its odious pedigree. From its inception, the Republican Party has been devoted to a doctrine properly called national socialism – the fusion of politically favored corporate interests with national bank and an all-powerful, militaristic central government.”
http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-triumph-of-reich-publican-party.html
In which national delegates paid thousands of dollars to be read the pre-formulated and choreographed results of their votes, such as on the controversial credentials and rules committee reports, from a teleprompter.
“At the heart of the conflict was a decision by RNC officials to change the rules regarding primaries. The intention was to neutralize Paul backers’ tactic of taking over delegates won by other candidates by controlling otherwise sleepy state conventions and caucuses. In a related fight, the RNC’s decision not to seat the delegation of Paul supporters from Maine who were chosen in such a fashion sparked an ugly standoff on the convention floor.”
“Despite the fact that the Republican National Convention is held in a stadium that was financed with $86 million in public funds, the theme this year is ‘We built this!’ And the theme has been taken to heart by numerous candidates and delegates invited to speak at the convention. Looking at the prepared remarks for Tuesday alone, a number of speakers skipped over ways that their accomplishments had been supported by the government.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/28/11-gop-convention-speakers-who-actually-didnt-build-that/
“If we intend to use the word freedom in an honest way, we should have the simple integrity to give it real meaning: Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom or liberty − regardless of the issue being discussed − ask yourself whether he is advocating more government force or less. ‘Conservatism,’ meanwhile, once meant respect for tradition and distrust of active government. But in recent decades conservatism has been redefined as support for big-government grandiosity via military adventurism,corporatism and inflationary monetary policy.”
http://www.thedailybell.com/4222/Ron-Paul-Meaningless-Words-in-Politics
